Fracture

Fractures should be agnostic as to whether they are pathologic or not, unless specified in the FSN or could only be caused by trauma (e.g. open fractures). Although most fractures are traumatic, there are some pathological fractures. Based on its FSN and text definition, if the word pathological is present, use Pathologic fracture (morphologic abnormality).

Example: Modeling Traumatic vs. Pathological Fractures

Concept	Finding site	Associated morphology
21351003 |Fracture of phalanx of foot (disorder)|	Bone structure of phalanx of foot	Fracture (morphologic abnormality)
704168008 |Pathological fracture of phalanx of foot (disorder)|	Bone structure of phalanx of foot	Pathologic fracture (morphologic abnormality)

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